Love them AGGIES!!!

Bryce and I have had a lot of fun attending Aggie Basketball games this year. My office often has tickets left over so we have been able to attend quite a few. This was our first picture with Big Blue! Ah! So fun! Gotta love them Aggies!!

Month of Joy

We had a great December. The semester ended for Bryce (he passed ALL his classes, YAY), I got some days off work (not NEAR enough but again, YAY), we visited with family and friends, Christmas, my birthday, and New Years. A lot was going on for our family. We really enjoyed the time we were able to spend together! It seems we can never get enough of it!

We were spoiled all month! We both got a lot of fun things for Christmas. Bryce's favorite gifts were a wild rag (aka silk scarf), a nice jacket, a hunting movie, and a bear rug (that will be done in February). My favorite things were a nice blue coat, clothes, and photography classes. We also got a cool cache cooker and a Garmin GPS from our folks. Like I said, spoiled!

I sure got spoiled for my birthday too! I will add, it was one of the best birthdays ever!! Bryce had my name announced on the Kix 96 Birthday Round Up, took me to Tangled, got me some beautiful flowers, and really just treated me like a princess all day. But, he usually does do that! We had a little party that evening at my mom and dad's house. It was a very nice day.

Over the break we visited Temple Square, went on several rides looking for animals, and went the Hardware Ranch. It was great to be able to have the time to do whatever we wanted!

I also added one sad picture from January below...one of my first days back at work after the holiday I was hit in the parking terrace up on campus. Our beautiful red car has a nice crack right up the corner! I was so sad. I cried! Luckily, it seems like the insurance of the gentleman that hit me is going to take really good care of us. I hope that holds true!!

We are lucky kids! We live a wonderful and we are happy! What a good way to end the year!

Much pleasure thou can'st give me

Bryce and I put up our Christmas tree. Much like last year, it is so beautiful in our home! I love the feeling of coming home to a warm, cozy home with a Christmas tree in the front window. It is so fun to sit in our house together, just hanging out, with only the glow of the tree for our light. Christmas is such a magical time of year. May your days be merry and bright!

one BIG one

Bryce and I celebrated out first anniversary this month. How magical!!

Have you ever heard someone tell a young couple, "You've been married one year now. You made it!" I always thought it was odd when I would hear it. Now the thought of it makes a little more sense. Marriage is work! It is most certainly something Bryce and I have had to learn a lot about. And I am sure the learning will continue for years to come. But, what a fun learning experience it has been! Bryce is a wonderful person in absolutely every way! He is my very best friend and I am happy to call him mine.

It has been a big year for us. We have seen good and bad, happy and sad, and ups and downs. I graduated from USU and Bryce started. Bryce changed jobs several times. We sold my car and bought 2 different new ones. We took a lot of fun vacations. I got a really cool full time job at USU. Our families taught us a lot about life and love. We moved. The list could go on. We were lucky to have each other through it all. I cannot think of anyone I would rather spend my time with. Bryce is always lifting up those that are around him and I have learned a lot from his Christ like example.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, Bryce and I spent a couple days in Park City. It was a great little getaway.

I gave Bryce a little basket of goodies. Each one mentioned a sense and told him why/how I loved him with that sense. I found the good idea here.

I think he liked it :)

And, of course, Bryce SPOILED me! He got me an iPod Touch! I was totally surprised. He shouldn't have but I sure love it!


We brought our yummy cake topper with us! (Thanks for keeping that for us mom!)

We spent one day looking around at the Deer Valley Resort. It was a pretty fancy place!

We rode up the "funicular" to the main hotel where we found a game of chess. I had never played before but Bryce taught me what to do...

...and guess who won!


It was a wonderful time! I am gratful for a wonderful first year and look forward to an eternity more!

Saturday, November 6

Today was a beautiful Saturday in Cache Valley. I noticed the car said the outdoor temperature was a nice 59 degrees! Beautiful!

But, I am sad to say I did not take advantage of the nice weather. I went to a craft fair then went home to clean the house. Nice eh?! It was good though...our house really needed it! Bryce and I have both been so busy that our home has not been getting the attention it needs.

The day did give me something to talk about though...our new apartment! We moved into this new place about 2 months ago. We love it! It is a bigger than our old place, has washer/dryer hookups, an extra bathroom, covered parking for both of us, and is just an all around upgrade. So, here are the long anticipated pictures of our new home.

~living room~

~front door and stairs~

~kitchen~

~dining area and back door~

~downstairs bathroom~

~master bedroom~

~more bedroom~

~our extra bedroom...that is actually functional...love that~

So there you have it! It is a fun little place. We are glad we found it!

Oh, and if you were wondering what Bryce was doing while I was hard at work back at the house...

~opening day of the pheasant hunt...rough day for Bryce huh?!~

Isn't It About Time?!

Our Bennington family was able to go to the temple together this week. We really missed not having Whitney with us but it was nice to have most everyone there. What a great way to start off the day. Families can be together forever!

Fun Fall

The last couple of months have been very busy for our little family. Bryce is going to school full time and working nearly full time, and the fall months at the USU Admissions Office are crazy busy for me. Between night classes and homework for Bryce, and my travels with the office, we are grateful for any time we are able to spend together relaxing.

With all that said, we have still been able to do a lot of fun things. Here are a few of them:

Have a best friends wedding. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Justin and Melissa Schmidt! It was such a nice day!



Visit Capitol Reef National Park with the whole family!



Go hunting!! Bryce got several good shots at some nice, and not so nice, bucks. He has not got anything yet...thank goodness for the extended hunt!


Camping up Blacksmiths Fork with Melissa and Justin.


Make an addition to our family!!!! One Claw! Our new little red claw crab :) (This was Bryce's idea...are you at all surprised?!)



Go to the USU v BYU football game with Heather and Derrick Mickelson (Go Aggies!!)


Buy Bryce a new shotgun...

And shoot it with the fam :)


And one more thing, we moved! Pictures will soon be coming, hopefully. We LOVE our new house!

So, as you can see, we don't have time to waste time! It has been a great and busy fall! Life is good!